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Melbourne, December 26 - England head to Melbourne with confidence that the conditions will still be in their favour. There have been talk from the Australians of setting up the pitch to completely suit them. That’s not really anything out of the ordinary, as you would expect home sides to do just that. However, it is coming into play more in Melbourne,…
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There’s been a general air of despondency among English cricket fans since their comprehensive defeat in Perth and Andrew Strauss and his team have been on the drift ahead of the Fourth Test, which gets under way in Melbourne at the latter end of Christmas Day in the UK. Betfred have the tourists at 15/8 to win at the MCG and retain the Ashes, while Austral…
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The King George VI Chase is the highlight showpiece of the Boxing Day horse racing festivities. This is just part of the great Winter Festival at Kempton, featuring a host of Grade I races. This is about now half way through the season for the jumps, and the prestige surrounding this classic chase, can only really be surpassed by the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The Kin…
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Betting Exchange BetFair, which proves to be popular among experts and punters alike, as they recently picked up some recognition awards, are worth stopping by during the quieter Christmas week. Just check out our expert Authors to see how popular Betfair is. If you are unfamiliar with the Betting Exchange, then read on below for some further explanations…
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Unlike British football, continental Europe wisely decide to take a nice break over the winter, and two of the most prominent leagues, the Spanish Primera Division and the German Bundesliga are on hiatus until the new year. La Liga get back into the swing of things on Sunday, January 2, with Barcelona at home to Levante and Getafe hosting Real Madrid. Pep Guar…
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW (About Football Betting) – part 7. Odds-on favourites playing away I recently looked at odds-on favourites playing at home. Now is the time to see how the odds-on jolly fares when playing away. In general playing away seems to attract all sorts of problems, even for the best teams. Based purely on the odds offered the outcomes do appear t…
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Latest Football Fixtures 20 - 27 December Date/Time Country Football Match League 20 Dec/20.00 Manchester City vs Everton (English Premier League) 21 Dec/19.00 Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao (Spanish Cup) 21 Dec/21.00 Valencia vs Villarreal (Spanish Cup) 22 Dec/18.00 Lyon vs AJ Auxerre (French Ligue 1) 22 Dec/18.00 Brest vs Marseille (French Ligue 1) 22…
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Weekly sports betting calendar 20 - 26 December Date Sport Org. Venue Event 18-20 Dec FA England Premier League 18-20 Dec RFEF Spain Primera Division 21-22 Dec RFEF Spain Cup 21-22 Dec DFB Germany Cup 21-22 Dec FFF France Ligue 1 26-27 Dec FA England Premier League

It’s been a bad couple of weeks for bookmakers. Matt Cardle landed the odds in X Factor and Kara Tointon had been very well supported in Strictly Come Dancing over the last few weeks, even though my ante-post fancy Matt Baker clung on to favouritism right up to the result of the viewers’ poll. So the confirmation of Tony McCoy as BBC Sports Personal…
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1 ) 2010/11 Champions League Chelsea to win – 5/1 at BetFred Yes, Barcelona just have incredible power and are as near to a perfect team as you could want. Real Madrid, who are better than they have been for years, were crushed by Barca 5-0 in a recent El Clasico encounter in La Liga, and Madrid remain second faouvrites to win the Champions League. That is ho…
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